Christmas Q&A with…Juliet Madison

I’m an Australian author of humorous and heartwarming fiction for adults and supernatural mystery for teens, with seven books currently published and several more on the way!

2) What do you love about Christmas?

I love the nostalgia it brings; memories of Christmases past and the magic of childhood. I love that it’s a time to connect with loved ones and appreciate life.

3) What do you hate about Christmas?

The hype and stress around the commercialisation of it all.

4) What is your favourite Christmas book?

I love Debbie Macomber’s Mrs Miracle, and you can’t go past children’s classics like The Night Before Christmas!

5) What is your favourite Christmas song?

That’s a tough one, but I’ve always liked Oh Holy Night, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and White Christmas.

6) What was your best Christmas?

I can’t remember exactly, but it would have been when my son was little but old enough to enjoy the excitement for the first time.

7) What was your best Christmas present?

Probably my first publishing contract, which wasn’t really a Christmas present but it was close to that time of year and something I’d really wanted!

8) What was your worst Christmas present?

I honestly can’t think of one! I’m grateful for all gifts.

9) Describe your ideal Christmas

Getting together with special people, sharing great conversation and eating delicious food, warm and balmy summery nights (Australia!), sleeping in, taking some time off to relax, read, watch movies, and think about the year gone and dreams for the year ahead.

10) What do you want for Christmas this year?

For myself and the people I care about to be safe, well, and happy. I also wouldn’t mind booking in for a few indulgent massages! 😉

A beautiful, uplifting holiday story from bestselling author Juliet Madison about a lonely writer, her grandmother’s ghost, a road trip, and twelve different Daves.

Abby Solomon may write happy-ever-afters for a living, but doesn’t believe she’ll have her own. But then a surprise visit from her grandmother’s ghost sets her off on a journey she’ll never forget.

Grandma Charlotte wants to find her first love, Dave, who she mistakenly thought had died in World War II. A quick trawl through the Yellow Pages yields a list of twelve possibilities, and Abby and Charlotte set off on a Christmas road trip — twelve Daves over twelve days along the sun-drenched east coast of Australia.

With just over a week to make the meeting happen, Abby has to meet a dozen Daves — some sweet, some quirky, some downright dangerous — while trying to honour her book deadline and enduring the awkward challenges of having a ghost as a travelling companion.

But when she comes across a young doctor who looks like the hero in one of her novels, Abby has the chance to discover that true love transcends time and space, and that happy endings aren’t only to be found between the pages of a book.

About Juliet Madison

Juliet Madison is a naturopath-turned-author with a background in dance, art, internet marketing, and perfume sales (yes, she was one of those annoying people in department stores who spray you with perfume). Nowadays she prefers to indulge her propensity for multiple careers by living vicariously through her characters. She likes to put those characters into extraordinary situations and take them on a challenging journey to discover their true passion and inner strength, weaving in some laughs, tears, romance, and sometimes a touch of magic along the way.
Living near the beach on the beautiful south coast of New South Wales, Australia, Juliet spends as much time as possible writing and coming up with new ideas, while doing her best to avoid housework.
Juliet is a proud member and volunteer with The Romance Writers of Australia and she loves to interact online with readers and writers via twitter and facebook. She can be contacted through her website where readers can also download some free short stories.